Interferon-γ release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 514-516

  Méndez Echevarría, Ana ^a   González Muñoz, Miguel ^a   Mellado, Maria Jose ^a   Baquero Artigao, Fernando ^a   Blázquez, Daniel ^b   Penín, María ^c   Navarro, Maria Luisa ^d   Saavedra Lozano, Jesús ^d   Hernandez Sampelayo, Maria Teresa ^d   González Tomé, Isabel ^e   Calvo, Cristina ^f   Ruiz, Marta ^g   Ramos, Jose Tomás ^g   Guillén, Sara ^g   Velazquez, Ramón ^a   Pérez, Beatriz ^h   Martínez, Jorge ^h   Pérez, Elia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INJECTION SITE INDURATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84861480989     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.202069     Document Type: Article

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